Historical Marker
Britton Lane
Historical marker location:
Denmark, Tennessee
( Memorial can be reached from Britton Lane, 0.6 miles west of Steam Mill Ferry Road, on the left when traveling west.)
Marker installed: 1897
Confederate Soldiers.
The city of Memphis, Tennessee, was the site of the assassination of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968. The Lorraine Motel, where Dr. King was staying, is now the National Civil Rights Museum.